If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will learn about the Civil Rights Movement and its central figures, especially Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Students will explore how people react to trauma and how its effects linger in their lives well after the traumatic event has occurred.
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Students will examine how racism and prejudice permeated virtually all aspects of the Black characters' lives in both the past and present.
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Students will compare and contrast Whitehead's Nickel Academy with the real-world Dozier School that inspired the novel.
